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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1898
Page
11
A Delineator excerpt outlines late season fashion with textured silks and corded fabrics for jackets and skirts. It describes black gray fawn and scarlet shades, trimmed jackets with cross ornaments, Louis XVI boots, and elaborate necklines. Also covered are organza and chiffon gowns, solid colors, and decorative gold or silver touches for cool weather wear.
The September issue features women of 98 embracing army inspired attire with cadet gray fabrics and black braid. Cadet jackets, circular skirts, and trimmed nav y garments showcase up to date military themed styles prepared for readers by Butterick Publishing Co Limited.
The Delineator describes walking outfits that balance neat style with unpretentious fabrics like unbleached cloth and mixing textures. A dark silk corded shirtwaist bodice paired with a fawn cloth skirt features two braid widths, with a pointed bodice, circular hem, and ribbon waist. The Getineator designs, including a circular flounce skirt and Bounce accents, echo current trends and practical elegance.
A Chicago Daily News essay argues women and men differ in social exchange, noting women show subtle courtesy and fear social judgment from porters, waiters, and writers, while men rely on power and blunt expectation. The piece contrasts everyday treatment of service staff, highlighting gendered behaviors in trains and dining rooms.
A column of assorted notes describes firms selling mock showy safes built from thin boards, a six year old quip about school work, an entry on oxen in France routinely sung to for encouragement, and a freight of securities found in a late begene’s trunk in Auxerre France with 400 liters of rare wine disclosed.
A tramp burglar invaded J. C. Marble’s River Forest residence, stole jewelry and cash, and left in ragged clothes. Jewelry included a $180 diamond ring, a $100 diamond brooch, a $75 gold bracelet, and about $100 in miscellaneous items. Police disseminated a description and warnings to watch for a tramp dressed as a gentleman.
A chaotic Branston report blends a dance night with zoological chaos as Jesse I Van Donzer battles a gigantic beetle to recover a pin. The chase leads to a dramatic window grab and the insect escape into the night amid inflated war logistics and a disturbing parental abuse note involving Van Gundy.
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